Comparative evaluation of efficacy of biodentine, mineral trioxide aggregate, calcium hydroxide and glass ionomer cement as pulp capping agent in deep carious lesions
- Conditions
- Oral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202310667867616
- Lead Sponsor
- Adamu Abdullahi Biu
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 205
1. All consenting adult subjects above 18 years of age, in good general health, presenting at the oral diagnosis and restorative dentistry clinics of UMTH.
2. Adults with at least one permanent molar are diagnosed to have an active DCL with or without irreversible pulpal damage or periapical involvement.
3. Any occlusal (G.V black class I) DCLs of at least 2/3rd depth or more into dentin thickness.
1. Subjects with DCLs with signs and symptoms of irreversible pulp inflammation or periapical inflammation. These include tooth/teeth with:
a.Previous restorations
b.History of related swelling
c.Tenderness to palpation and/or percussion
d.Grossly broken-down tooth
e.Advanced periodontal diseases: grade III mobility
f.The true negative response to pulp sensibility test
g.Coronal radiolucency due to caries that is less than 2/3rd of the dentine thickness.
h.Pulpal bleeding (exposure) during caries excavation
i.Third molars.
2.Subjects with para-functional habits.
3.Subjects that have been on antibiotics or steroids six weeks prior to the study period.
4.Pregnant women.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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